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Glasgow leader accuses Salmond of further bias against Glasgow

The Labour leader of Glasgow council has accused Alex Salmond of further discrimination against the city by excluding it from the first phase of a £1.25 billion school building programme.

Steven Purcell said the council's relationship with the SNP government had broken down. It follows similar accusations after ministers' decision to abandon the proposed Glasgow airport rail link because of budget constraints.

Purcell said he had been given assurances by the SNP that money would be available from the school building programme budget. However none of the 14 proposed new schools announced last week by Fiona Hyslop, the education secretary, are in Glasgow.

The government said that all of Glasgow's secondary schools were in good condition and did not need replacing. It insisted the city could expect to benefit when investment in primary schools was announced later this year.